Style On The Go struts its stuff at Royal Electric On Saturday, April 2, 2016, Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis hosted a fundraiser at Royal Electric, which was organized by Dejana Pogrmilovic. Located on Macdonell Street, Royal Electric opened its doors in September. Royal Electric’s stylish industrial design provided a […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Love is not your typical love story
Reviewing the latest Netflix original Love is something that surrounds everything in the 21st century. It’s on every t-shirt, in every song, and on every TV show. It’s something that is talked about profusely and joked about often. Netflix’s new original series, Love, features, like most love stories, a guy […]
Blackstar: A retrospective look at Bowie’s swan song
David Bowie’s final studio album is a breathtaking glimpse of death David Bowie’s Blackstar was released on Jan. 8, 2016, two days before he passed away. It was Bowie’s most ambitious stray from mainstream appeal in decades, far more obtuse than the jazz-infused pop-rock on his most commercially successful record, […]
Battle of the bands at DSTRCT
Canadian bands go head-to-head Live Music Prize Series and DSTRCT presented a battle of the bands on Saturday, March 26, 2016. Two bands had dropped from the bill; Jimmy Pearson, and Three Quarter Stone. The new lineup included The Woolwich Project and The Plugs, and The Dead Projectionists became the […]
Malik Taylor passes away at 45
Hip-hop mourns the death of Phife Dawg The hip-hop community mourns in wake of the death of Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, whose clever rhymes helped send A Tribe Called Quest into both commercial and critical success. Phife died last Tuesday, March, 22, 2016, from complications related […]
The ONtaku: Toonz animation software goes open source
Pinching pennies will no longer be necessary Anyone who knows anything about anime should have seen or at least heard of a film produced by Studio Ghibli. Having put out feature films such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle, the Japan-based animation studio is […]
Commerce, improv, and Spider-Man at The Making-Box
The Making-Box presents Royal City Heroes The Making-Box’s Royal City Heroes uses improv to forge connections within the community. This edition welcomed Kithio Mwanzia, the president and CEO of Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Established in 1827, the Guelph Chamber is a non-profit organization that works to assist the community through […]
The Weekly Scene: Batman v Superman
2 spectacularly-dreadful-ignorances-of-character out of 4 Dear reader, in order for us to continue this review and our relationship, we must confront a single fundamentally unavoidable law: I know more about comic books than you. I’m not looking to argue. I’m not looking to turn this review into a larger cultural […]
Guest artist speaks at Shenkman Lecture
People gather at War Memorial Hall to hear Fred Wilson speak The Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art celebrated its 10th anniversary on Wed. March 23, 2016, with guest speaker Fred Wilson coming to speak at the University of Guelph. This lecture series invites relevant artists to talk to students […]
Album of the week
Artist: Beastie Boys Album: Check Your Head Check Your Head, the highly influential fourth studio album, was released by the Beastie Boys in 1992 under Capitol Records. Based out of New York City the band on this record consisted of: Adam “MCA” Yauch (Bass), Michael “Mike D” Diamond (Drums), Adam […]
